2014–15 FC Rostov season

The 2014–15 FC Rostov season was the sixth successive season that the club will play in the Russian Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Russia. Rostov will also take part in the Russian Cup and the Europa League, their first European campaign since 2000, entering at the Play-off round.

FC Rostov

2014–15 season
Chairman	Viktor Goncharov
Manager	Miodrag Božović (till 25 September 2014) Igor Gamula (25 September-18 December 2014) Kurban Berdyev (from 18 December 2014)
Stadium	Olimp – 2
Russian Premier League	14th
Relegation play-offs	Winners vs Tosno
Russian Cup	Round of 32 vs Syzran-2003
Europa League	Play-off Round vs Trabzonspor
Top goalscorer	League: Maksim Grigoryev (5) All: Vitali Dyakov (7)
Home colours Away colours
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On 25 September 2014, Miodrag Božović resigned as the club's manager,^[1] with Igor Gamula appointed as his replacement.^[2] Following Rostov's 1-0 win over FC Ural, Gamula became involved in a racism row following question to the possibility of Rostov signing Benoit Angbwa, saying that six "dark-skinned players" was sufficient for the team.^[3] On 12 November Gamula was handed a 5-Game ban following his remarks.^[4]

On 18 December, Gamula was moved to Youth Team 21 manager,^[5] with Kurban Berdyev being appointed as the new manager of the first team.^[6]

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CRO Stipe Pletikosa (captain) 2 MF  BLR Timofei Kalachev 3 DF  RUS Vladimir Granat (on loan from Dynamo Moscow) 4 MF  RUS Dmitri Torbinski 5 DF  RUS Vitali Dyakov 6 MF  RUS Aleksei Rebko 7 MF  RUS Maksim Grigoryev (on loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 8 MF  MLI Moussa Doumbia 9 MF  GAB Guélor Kanga 10 FW  KOR Yoo Byung-Soo 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Bukharov 12 GK  RUS Nikita Chagrov 14 FW  RUS Dmitry Poloz 15 DF  BLR Maksim Bardachow (loan from Tom Tomsk) 16 MF  MDA Mihai Plătică 17 MF  TKM Vahyt Orazsahedov 19 DF  CRO Hrvoje Milić

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (loan from Rubin Kazan) 22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba (loan from Spartak Moscow) 23 MF  RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin 25 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev 27 DF  CIV Igor Lolo 35 GK  RUS Soslan Dzhanayev 55 DF  RSA Siyanda Xulu 71 MF  RUS Said-Ali Akhmayev 73 FW  RUS Aleksei Grechkin 77 DF  ANG Bastos 84 MF  MDA Alexandru Gațcan 88 FW  LTU Edgaras Česnauskis 91 FW  RUS Danila Khakhalev 96 MF  RUS Aleksandr Yuryev 97 GK  RUS Yevgeni Goshev 99 FW  SRB Nemanja Nikolić

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Ruslan Abazov (at Tyumen) 17 MF  RUS Nika Chkhapeliya (at Zenit Penza) 18 MF  RUS Azim Fatullayev (at Tosno) 22 MF  RUS Igor Kireyev (at Amkar Perm) 34 DF  RUS Timofei Margasov (at Sibir Novosibirsk)

No. Pos. Nation Player 97 MF  RUS Ivan Baklanov (at Arsenal Tula) — DF  RUS Temur Mustafin (at Avangard Kursk) — MF  RUS Khoren Bayramyan (at Volgar Astrakhan) — MF  RUS Sergey Belousov (at Sokol Saratov)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 30 FW  RUS Aleksandr Stepanov 32 MF  RUS Artyom Linchenko 35 FW  RUS Daniil Ostapenko 37 MF  RUS Aleksandr Kogoniya 39 DF  RUS Andrei Demchenko 44 DF  RUS Anton Smirnov 45 DF  RUS Anton Lazutkin 46 DF  RUS Nikita Kovalyov 47 MF  RUS Andrei Sidenko 48 MF  RUS Dmitri Mutyev 49 FW  RUS Gennadi Kozlov

No. Pos. Nation Player 53 MF  RUS Dmitri Khristis 54 DF  RUS Konstantin Kulabukhov 56 MF  RUS Vladislav Kamilov 57 MF  RUS Ruslan Shapovalov 58 MF  RUS Dmitri Kartashov 62 GK  RUS Vladislav Suslov 64 FW  RUS Andrei Fandeyev 68 DF  RUS Andrei Zotov 71 MF  RUS Maksim Miroshnichenko 73 DF  RUS Aleksandr Logunov

Transfers

Summer

Main article: List of Russian football transfers summer 2014

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Ruslan Abazov (from Spartak Nalchik)[7] 4 MF  RUS Dmitri Torbinski (from Rubin Kazan)[8] 6 MF  RUS Aleksei Rebko (from Amkar Perm)[9] 7 MF  RUS Maksim Grigoryev (loan from Lokomotiv Moscow)[10] 8 MF  MLI Moussa Doumbia (from Real Bamako)[11] 11 FW  RUS Aleksandr Bukharov (from Zenit St.Petersburg, previously on loan to Anzhi Makhachkala)[12] 15 DF  BLR Maksim Bardachow (loan from Tom Tomsk)[13] 17 MF  RUS Nika Chkhapeliya (from Krasnodar)[14] 20 DF  HAI Réginal Goreux (from Krylia Sovetov)[15] 22 MF  RUS Igor Kireyev (end of loan to Spartak Nalchik) 23 MF  RUS Aleksandr Troshechkin (from Anzhi Makhachkala)[16] 35 GK  RUS Soslan Dzhanayev (from Spartak Moscow)[17] 69 FW  CZE Jan Holenda (end of loan to Tom Tomsk) — MF  RUS Khoren Bayramyan (end of loan to Rotor Volgograd) — MF  RUS Nikita Vasilyev (end of loan to Torpedo Moscow)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  RUS Georgy Gabulov (to Krylia Sovetov) 8 MF  UKR Ihor Khudobyak (end of loan from Karpaty Lviv) 10 FW  RUS Artyom Dzyuba (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) 12 GK  RUS Artyom Orsayev 13 GK  BLR Anton Amelchenko 17 MF  RUS Aleksandr Vasilyev (to Ufa, previously on loan to Sibir Novosibirsk)[18] 22 MF  RUS Igor Kireyev (loan to Amkar Perm) 24 FW  FRA Florent Sinama Pongolle (to Chicago Fire)[19][20] 25 DF  RUS Arseniy Logashov (end of loan from Lokomotiv Moscow) 33 MF  RUS Roman Yemelyanov (end of loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) 34 DF  RUS Timofei Margasov (loan to Sibir Novosibirsk)[21] 42 MF  RUS Artyom Kulishev (to Vityaz Podolsk) 49 MF  GEO Jano Ananidze (end of loan from Spartak Moscow) 79 MF  RUS Nikita Mitin (to Spartak Nalchik) 97 MF  RUS Ivan Baklanov (loan to Arsenal Tula)[22] — MF  RUS Sergey Belousov (loan to Sokol Saratov, previously at Shinnik Yaroslavl)[22] — DF  RUS Temur Mustafin (loan to Avangard Kursk)[22] — DF  SVK Kornel Saláta (released, previously on loan to Tom Tomsk)[23] — MF  RUS Khoren Bayramyan (loan to Volgar Astrakhan) — MF  RUS Nikita Vasilyev (to Kaluga) — FW  CZE Jan Holenda (to Viktoria Plzeň)

Winter

Main article: List of Russian football transfers winter 2014–15

In: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Vladimir Granat (loan from Dynamo Moscow)[24] 17 MF  TKM Vahyt Orazsahedov (from Osmanlıspor)[25] 16 MF  MDA Mihai Plătică (from Zimbru Chișinău)[26] 20 FW  IRN Sardar Azmoun (on loan from Rubin Kazan)[27] 22 FW  RUS Artem Dzyuba (loan from Spartak Moscow)[28] 25 DF  RUS Ivan Novoseltsev (to Torpedo Moscow)[29] 71 MF  RUS Said-Ali Akhmayev (from Spartak Moscow) 73 FW  RUS Aleksei Grechkin (from Spartak Moscow) 91 FW  RUS Danila Khakhalev (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don) 96 MF  RUS Aleksandr Yuryev (from Spartak Moscow) 97 GK  RUS Yevgeni Goshev (from Rostov-M-2 Rostov-on-Don)

Out: Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. No. Pos. Nation Player 3 DF  RUS Ruslan Abazov (loan to Tyumen) 17 MF  RUS Nika Chkhapeliya (loan to Zenit Penza)[30] 18 MF  RUS Azim Fatullayev (loan to Tosno)[31] 20 DF  HAI Réginal Goreux [32]

Friendlies

Allerheiligen v Rostov

26 June 2014	Allerheiligen	0 – 1	Rostov	Allerheiligen, Austria
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Holenda 81'	Stadium: Stadium Park

Dinamo Zagreb v Rostov

1 July 2014	Dinamo Zagreb	1 – 1	Rostov	Murska Sobota, Slovenia
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	A.Troshechkin 57'	Stadium: Fazanerija City Stadium

Baumit Jablonec v Rostov

16 July 2014	Baumit Jablonec	2 – 0	Rostov	Leoben, Austria
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	2' Doležal 41'	Report		Stadium: Donawitz Stadium

Greuther Fürth v Rostov

19 July 2014	Greuther Fürth	2 – 1	Rostov	Leoben, Austria
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Weilandt 43' Jules 80'	Report	Chhapeliya	Stadium: Donawitz Stadium

Velež Mostar v Rostov

22 July 2014	Velež Mostar	0 – 1	Rostov	Leoben, Austria
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bukharov 5'	Stadium: Donawitz Stadium

Foolad v Rostov

21 January 2015	Foolad	0 – 0	Rostov	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
20:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Xulu  31' Nikolić  76'	Report		Stadium: Sports City Referee: Abdullah Al-Balushi (Oman)

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Rostov

27 January 2015	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	4 – 0	Rostov	Dubai, United Arab Emirates
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Dyakov 22' (o.g.) Eninho 25' Edu 38' Lee Dong-gook 51'	Report		Stadium: Sports City

Tosno v Rostov

5 February 2015	Tosno	0 – 0	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Zaytsev  30'	Report	Abazov  90'	Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Referee: Gyuksar Krikolu (Turkey)

Jagodina v Rostov

7 February 2015	Jagodina	0 – 2	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
17:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Yoo Byung-soo 73' Doumbia 80' Milić  90+1'	Report		Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Referee: Jan Dzhigan (Turkey)

Ulisses v Rostov

9 February 2015	Ulisses	0 – 4	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
13:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Gațcan  44' Poloz 47', 61', 88' Doumbia 57'	Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Referee: Equis Mehmet

Dacia Chișinău v Rostov

11 February 2015	Dacia Chișinău	0 – 1	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
12:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Dyakov 59' (pen.)	Stadium: Cornelia Diamond Referee: Gediminas Mažeika

Qizilqum Zarafshon v Rostov

20 February 2015	Qizilqum Zarafshon	0 – 4	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Doumbia 15' Grigoryev 54' Bukharov 59', 62'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Referee: Artem Gutowsk

Atyrau v Rostov

22 February 2015	Atyrau	0 – 3	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bukharov 37', 62' Grigoryev 62', 68'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Referee: Taulyus Karka

Viborg v Rostov

25 February 2015	Viborg	1 – 2	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
18:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Gotfredsen 65'	Report	Bukharov 52' Kanga 86'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Referee: Aidi Mehmet

BATE Borisov v Rostov

28 February 2015	BATE Borisov	0 – 1	Rostov	Belek, Turkey
13:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Report	Bukharov 11'	Stadium: Regnum Carya Referee: Ali Oskan

Competitions

Russian Super Cup

Main article: 2014 Russian Super Cup

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

26 July 2013	CSKA Moscow	3 – 1	Rostov	Krasnodar
21:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Wernbloom 56' Tošić 74' Doumbia 90'	Summary	Milić 37' Gațcan  53'  61' Kanga  62'  63'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 6,400 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Russian Premier League

Main article: 2014–15 Russian Premier League

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	H
Result	L	D	L	L	W	L	L	L	L	D	L	W	D	L	D	D	L	L	W	L	W	W	W	W	D	L	L	D	L	D
Position	13	12	15	15	10	13	13	14	14	15	15	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	14	12	12	10	11	11	11	12	13	14

Updated to match(es) played on 30 May 2015. Source: Russian Premier League
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches

Dynamo Moscow v Rostov

3 August 2014 1	Dynamo Moscow	7 – 3	Rostov	Moscow
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kurányi 15' (pen.), 66' Samba 29' Dzsudzsák 37' Kokorin 43' (pen.), 48', 61'	Summary	Poloz 35', 40' Gațcan 90'	Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 3,520 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Kuban Krasnodar v Rostov

8 August 2014 2	Kuban Krasnodar	2 – 2	Rostov	Krasnodar
20:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Popov 6', 65' (pen.)	Summary	Kalachev 25' Dyakov 90+2'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Lokomotiv Moscow v Rostov

14 August 2014 3	Lokomotiv Moscow	2 – 1	Rostov	Moscow
18:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Kasaev 5' Samedov 21' Ćorluka  70'	Summary	Kalachev  45+2' Poloz 72' (pen.)	Stadium: Lokomotiv Stadium Attendance: 11,200 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Krasnodar

17 August 2014 4	Rostov	0 – 2	Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Joãozinho 21' Ahmedov 58'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Rostov v Mordovia Saransk

24 August 2014 5	Rostov	2 – 1	Mordovia Saransk	Rostov-on-Don
21:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Grigoryev 80' Kanga 81'	Summary	Donald 61'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

CSKA Moscow v Rostov

31 August 2014 6	CSKA Moscow	6 – 0	Rostov	Moscow
13:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Natcho 42' (pen.), 54', 90+1' Musa 52', 59' Eremenko 65'	Summary		Stadium: Arena Khimki Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Rubin Kazan'

13 September 2014 7	Rostov	1 – 2	Rubin Kazan'	Rostov-on-Don
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Grigoryev 9'	Summary	Portnyagin 11', 37'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 8,100 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Zenit St.Petersburg

20 September 2014 8	Rostov	0 – 5	Zenit St.Petersburg	Rostov-on-Don
14:30 MSK (UTC+4)		Summary	Rondón 11', 57', 73' Xulu 37' (o.g.) Dyakov 72' (o.g.)	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,253 Referee: Igor Fedotov

Terek Grozny v Rostov

28 September 2014 9	Terek Grozny	2 – 1	Rostov	Grozny
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Rybus 21' Utsiev 78'	Summary	Grigoryev 23' Goreux  32'  59'	Stadium: Akhmat-Arena Attendance: 17,230 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Arsenal Tula v Rostov

19 October 2014 10	Arsenal Tula	1 – 1	Rostov	Tula
16:30 MSK (UTC+4)	Maloyan 57'	Summary	Bukharov 33'	Stadium: Arsenal Stadium Attendance: 8,500 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Amkar Perm' v Rostov

25 October 2014 11	Amkar Perm'	2 – 0	Rostov	Perm
14:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Ogude 16' Kolomeytsev 84'	Summary		Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 5,200 Referee: Kirill Levnikov

Rostov v Ural

31 October 2014 12	Rostov	1 – 0	Ural	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Poloz 3'	Summary		Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Ufa v Rostov

9 November 2014 13	Ufa	0 – 0	Rostov	Perm
15:00 MSK (UTC+3)		Summary		Stadium: Zvezda Stadium Attendance: 400 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Torpedo Moscow v Rostov

22 November 2014 14	Torpedo Moscow	2 – 1	Rostov	Ramensky District
14:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Stevanović 22' Salugin 52' Rykov  89'	Summary	Goreux  10' Torbinski 90' Doumbia  90+3'	Stadium: Saturn Stadium Attendance: 4,200 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Amkar Perm'

28 November 2014 15	Rostov	1 – 1	Amkar Perm'	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bukharov 41' (pen.)	Summary	Gol  8' 11' Cherenchikov  20'  87' Balanovich  56' Gerus  90+1'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 3,505 Referee: Vladmir Moskalev

Spartak Moscow v Rostov

4 December 2014 16	Spartak Moscow	1 – 1	Rostov	Moscow
19:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Glushakov 75' Ebert  76'	Summary	Kanga  34' Torbinski 71'	Stadium: Otkrytie Arena Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Rostov v Arsenal Tula

8 December 2014 17	Rostov	0 – 1	Arsenal Tula	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Goreux  30' Bastos  46' Dyakov  52'	Summary	Ryzhkov  16'  90+5' Kašćelan 34' Sukharev  39'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 5,400 Referee: Aleksei Matyunin

Rostov v Lokomotiv Moscow

8 March 2015 18	Rostov	0 – 1	Lokomotiv Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kalachev  23' Doumbia  24' Azmoun  83'	Summary	Fernandes  27' Tarasov  54' Škuletić 64' Samedov  83' Maicon  87'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Aleksandr Egorov

Rostov v Kuban Krasnodar

16 March 2015 19	Rostov	2 – 1	Kuban Krasnodar	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Torbinski  25' Bukharov 51' Bastos  61' Kalachev  71' Doumbia  84' Azmoun 87' 88'	Summary	Šunjić  19' Sosnin  50' Almeida 79' Yeshchenko  83'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 11,000 Referee: Vladimir Moskalyov

Rubin Kazan' v Rostov

21 March 2015 20	Rubin Kazan'	2 – 0	Rostov	Kazan
14:15 MSK (UTC+3)	Nabiullin  25' Portnyagin 84' Kuzmin  85' Ozdoyev  90+2'	Summary	Gațcan  21' Kalachev  27' Dyakov  69'	Stadium: Kazan Arena Attendance: 5,027 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Ural v Rostov

5 April 2015 21	Ural	0 – 1	Rostov	Yekaterinburg
15:45 MSK (UTC+3)	Acevedo  58' Yemelyanov  72' Smolov  73'	Summary	Novoseltsev  23' Dzyuba 77'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 2,840 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Ufa

9 April 2015 22	Rostov	2 – 0	Ufa	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bukharov  73' 88' Azmoun 78'	Summary	Zaseyev  55' Sukhov  62' Paurević  75'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Sergey Lapochkin

Rostov v Spartak Moscow

13 April 2015 23	Rostov	2 – 1	Spartak Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanga  15' Grigoryev 35', 82'	Summary	Insaurralde 37' Promes  51' Källström  54' Kombarov  84' Bryzgalov  90' Glushakov  90+3'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,710 Referee: Vladislav Bezborodov

Rostov v Torpedo Moscow

20 April 2015 24	Rostov	1 – 0	Torpedo Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
19:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyakov 78' (pen.) Gațcan  86' Torbinski  87' Azmoun  90+3'	Summary	Katsalapov  35' Putsila  40' Kokoszka  72' Rykov  77' Mirzov  77'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 6,015 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Dynamo Moscow

26 April 2015 25	Rostov	2 – 2	Dynamo Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
16:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Bastos  43' 80' Azmoun 51' Torbinski  73' Gațcan  90+2'	Summary	Kokorin 21' Zhirkov  55' Samba 77' Valbuena  90+1' Zobnin  90+5'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,320 Referee: Igor Nizovtsev

Rostov v Terek Grozny

2 May 2015 26	Rostov	0 – 1	Terek Grozny	Rostov-on-Don
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Torbinski  66' Grigoryev  67' Gațcan  78' Bardachow  84' Novoseltsev  88'	Summary	Kuzyayev  14' Rybus  28' Rodolfo  52' Mbengue 83'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 12,325 Referee: Alexey Nikolaev

Zenit St. Petersburg v Rostov

10 May 2015 27	Zenit St. Petersburg	3 – 0	Rostov	Saint Petersburg
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shatov 45' Hulk 45+3' Lodygin  62' Rondón 87' 88'	Summary	Bardachow  9' Kanga  11' Kalachev  34' Dyakov  45+3' Rebko  88'	Stadium: Petrovsky Stadium Attendance: 17,831 Referee: Sergey Kulikov

Mordovia Saransk v Rostov

15 May 2015 28	Mordovia Saransk	0 – 0	Rostov	Saransk
19:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Shitov  19' Vlasov  35' Le Tallec  81' Yakovlev  90+4'	Summary	Gațcan  25' Azmoun  90+2'	Stadium: Start Stadium Attendance: 4,315 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Krasnodar v Rostov

24 May 2015 29	Krasnodar	2 – 1	Rostov	Krasnodar
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Shirokov 10' Wánderson 33' Bystrov  85' Laborde  90+2'	Summary	Kanga  29' Bardachow  57' Novoseltsev  66' Azmoun  68' Dyakov 75' Doumbia  81'	Stadium: Kuban Stadium Attendance: 10,900 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v CSKA Moscow

30 May 2015 30	Rostov	1 – 1	CSKA Moscow	Rostov-on-Don
13:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Kanga  43' Dyakov 45' (pen.) Pletikosa  87'	Summary	Ignashevich  45' Natcho  85' Wernbloom 88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,500 Referee: Vitaly Meshkov

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
12	Ufa	30	7	10	13	26	39	−13	31
13	Ural Sverdlovsk Oblast (O)	30	9	3	18	31	44	−13	30	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14	Rostov (O)	30	7	8	15	27	51	−24	29
15	Torpedo Moscow (R)	30	6	11	13	28	45	−17	29	Relegation to Professional Football League
16	Arsenal Tula (R)	30	7	4	19	20	46	−26	25	Relegation to Football National League

Source: Russian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) number of matches won; 3) head-to-head points; 4) head-to-head wins; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals; 7) number of head-to-head away goals; 8) goal difference; 9) number of goals scored; 10) number of away goals scored
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Relegation play-offs

Tosno v Rostov

3 June 2015 1st Leg	Tosno	0 – 1	Rostov	Tikhvin
18:30 MSK (UTC+3)	Zaytsev  60' Romanenko  83'	Summary	Bukharov 88'	Stadium: Stadion Kirovets Attendance: 3,100 Referee: Mikhail Vilkov

Rostov v Tosno

7 June 2015 2nd Leg	Rostov	4 – 1 (5 – 1 agg.)	Tosno	Rostov-on-Don
20:00 MSK (UTC+3)	Dyakov 39', 59', 62' (pen.) Azmoun 88'	Summary	Prokofyev 6'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 15,025 Referee: Sergey Karasev

Russian Cup

Main article: 2014–15 Russian Cup

Syzran-2003 v Rostov

24 September 2014 Round of 32	Syzran-2003	2 – 0	Rostov	Syzran
19:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Churavtsev 80' Baratov 84'	Summary		Stadium: Kristall Stadium Attendance: 2,070 Referee: Stanislav Vasilyev

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Trabzonspor v Rostov

21 August 2014 Play-off round 1st leg	Trabzonspor	2 – 0	Rostov	Trabzon, Turkey
22:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Medjani 37' Erdoğan  62' Nizam  69' Cardozo 73'	Report	Bastos  40' Gațcan  69'	Stadium: Hüseyin Avni Aker Stadium Attendance: 6,101 Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Rostov v Trabzonspor

28 August 2014 Play-off round 2nd leg	Rostov	0 – 0 (0 – 2 agg.)	Trabzonspor	Rostov-on-Don, Russia
21:00 MSK (UTC+4)	Torbinski  12' Kalachev  44'	Report	Belkalem  10' Dursun  59' B.Artarslan  88'	Stadium: Olimp-2 Attendance: 14,950 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Squad statistics

As of match played 7 June 2015

Appearances and goals

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		Russian Cup		Europa League		Super Cup
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK	CRO	Stipe Pletikosa	35	0	32	0	0	0	2	0	1	0
2	MF	BLR	Timofei Kalachev	30	1	27	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
4	DF	RUS	Dmitri Torbinski	32	2	29	2	0	0	2	0	1	0
5	DF	RUS	Vitali Dyakov	35	7	31	7	1	0	2	0	1	0
6	MF	RUS	Aleksei Rebko	19	0	6+13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	MF	RUS	Maksim Grigoryev	27	5	18+6	5	1	0	2	0	0	0
8	MF	MLI	Moussa Doumbia	23	0	8+12	0	0+1	0	0+2	0	0	0
9	MF	GAB	Guélor Kanga	25	1	19+2	1	1	0	2	0	1	0
10	FW	KOR	Yoo Byung-Soo	5	0	0+4	0	0	0	0+1	0	0	0
11	FW	RUS	Aleksandr Bukharov	32	5	19+9	5	1	0	0+2	0	1	0
14	FW	RUS	Dmitry Poloz	24	4	14+6	4	1	0	2	0	1	0
15	DF	BLR	Maksim Bardachow	21	0	17+3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
16	MF	MDA	Mihai Plătică	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	DF	CRO	Hrvoje Milić	24	0	18+2	0	0+1	0	2	0	1	0
20	FW	IRN	Sardar Azmoun	12	4	4+8	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
22	FW	RUS	Artem Dzyuba	12	1	6+6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	MF	RUS	Aleksandr Troshechkin	4	0	1+2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	DF	RUS	Ivan Novoseltsev	13	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	DF	CIV	Igor Lolo	9	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	GK	RUS	Soslan Dzhanayev	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
55	DF	RSA	Siyanda Xulu	5	0	3+1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
77	DF	ANG	Bastos	32	1	28+1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
84	MF	MDA	Alexandru Gațcan	31	1	27+1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0
99	FW	SRB	Nemanja Nikolić	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0	0	0	0
Players away from the club on loan:
3	DF	RUS	Ruslan Abazov	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
17	MF	RUS	Nika Chkhapeliya	4	0	0+4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	MF	RUS	Azim Fatullayev	13	0	7+4	0	1	0	0	0	0+1	0
Players who appeared for Rostov no longer at the club:
7	MF	RUS	Georgy Gabulov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0+1	0
20	DF	HAI	Réginal Goreux	17	0	13+1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0

Goal Scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Russian Premier League	Relegation Play-off	Russian Cup	UEFA Europa League	Russian Super Cup	Total
1	DF		5	Vitali Dyakov	4	3	0	0	0	7
2	MF		7	Maksim Grigoryev	5	0	0	0	0	5
	FW		11	Aleksandr Bukharov	4	1	0	0	0	5
3	FW		14	Dmitry Poloz	4	0	0	0	0	4
	FW		20	Sardar Azmoun	3	1	0	0	0	4
6	DF		4	Dmitri Torbinski	2	0	0	0	0	2
7	MF		84	Alexandru Gațcan	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		2	Timofei Kalachev	1	0	0	0	0	1
	MF		9	Guélor Kanga	1	0	0	0	0	1
	FW		22	Artem Dzyuba	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		77	Bastos	1	0	0	0	0	1
	DF		19	Hrvoje Milić	0	0	0	0	1	1
				TOTALS	27	5	0	0	1	33

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Russian Premier League		Relegation Play-off		Russian Cup		UEFA Europa League		Russian Super Cup		Total
1		GK	Stipe Pletikosa	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
2		MF	Timofei Kalachev	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	1
3		DF	Ruslan Abazov	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
4		MF	Dmitri Torbinski	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	0
5		DF	Vitali Dyakov	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
6		MF	Aleksei Rebko	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
7		MF	Maksim Grigoryev	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
8		MF	Moussa Doumbia	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
9		MF	Guélor Kanga	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	8	1
11		FW	Aleksandr Bukharov	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
15		DF	Maksim Bardachow	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
18		MF	Azim Fatullayev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
19		DF	Hrvoje Milić	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
20		DF	Réginal Goreux	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1
20		FW	Sardar Azmoun	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
23		MF	Aleksandr Troshechkin	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
25		DF	Ivan Novoseltsev	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
77		DF	Bastos	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0
84		MF	Alexandru Gațcan	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	11	1
			TOTALS	77	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	2	86	4

Notes

• MSK time changed from UTC+4 to UTC+3 permanently on 26 October 2014.^[33]